On 6/14/07, Hans Henry von Tresckow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 6/14/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > I'm very interested in trying Angstrom on my Zaurus SL6000 (tosa). > However, I > > rely on this machine as a day-to-day PIM > > > > Currently, I'm using OZ 3.5.4.1, with altboot and the OZ installation on > an SD > > card. > > > > Is it possible to install Angstrom on a different SD memory card, using > > altboot to run the Angstrom code from the SD card, without reflashing the > > Zaurus? > > > > This would allow me to test Angstrom, provide feedback for the development > > process, yet easily switch back to my OZ3.5.4.1 distro in order to access > my > > calender (KOPI), password storage (zsafe), etc. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark > > I am currently doing something like that with my poodle. I have a custom > 2.6.17 kernel that changes the location of / from flash to SD and use that > for my daily usage. I also have a second SD Card with Custom Angstrom > kernels, again modified to boot from SD. In flash I have a console-image > with kexec-tools installed. The kernels are stored on /boot of the > respective SD cards. To boot the card, I just kexec -l the kernel and run > kexec -e to boot. > > I hope this helps, >
You can also kexec a "normal" kernel (i.e. root on flash) for Angstrom, then use altboot to boot to SD. I do essentially this to test Angstrom builds on loopback images. You can easily create a simple altboot entry to kexec the kernel of your choice then when it boots back into altboot choose the SD card for booting into Angstrom proper. -- Justin Patrin _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
